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NY Gov Cuomo joins the final lap of Obama 2012…

The often labeled next-after-Hillary favorite for Democratic Candidate in 2016, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of NY has held a very low profile during this campaign… no spotlight at the convention in September… and no national media…

That seems to be changing now – which is brilliant timing and planning by Cuomo…  

NY Gov Cuomo Will stump for Obama….. | Politicaldog101.Com:

NY Gov Cuomo Will stump for Obama…..

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Mr. Cuomo with Mr. Obama at the State University of New York at Albany in May….

It’s NEVER too late, Eh?

The below the radar New York State Governor , that could very well run in 2016, has been pressed into service by the Obama campaign to spread the word about the President in swing states.

Of course this will be a coming out thing for Cuomo ……

Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, said Thursday that President Obama’s re-election campaign had asked him to travel outside New York as a surrogate for the president in the final weeks of the race.

But Mr. Cuomo said that nothing he did on Mr. Obama’s behalf should be viewed as evidence that he was laying the groundwork for a presidential run of his own.

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Bloomberg Forming ‘Super PAC’ to Influence 2012 Races

This is yet another twist to the what is in some ways effectively a new Constitution in the United States post 2010 – with unlimited (and sometimes anonymous) private money into elections for office… 

Mayor Bloomberg has just picked a few issues and spends pocket change of his $20 billion to push competitive races over the line…. good causes perhaps… but the “one person one vote” thing is slipping even farther away…

Bloomberg Forming ‘Super PAC’ to Influence 2012 Races – NYTimes.com:

Bloomberg Starts ‘Super PAC,’ Seeking National Influence

Michael Appleton for The New York Times

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at a news conference Wednesday. He expects to spend up to $15 million in highly competitive races.

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Published: October 17, 2012

Seeking to reshape a national political debate he finds frustratingly superficial, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York is plunging into the 2012 campaign in its final weeks, creating his own “super PAC” to direct millions of dollars in donations to elect candidates from both parties who he believes will focus on problem solving.

Mr. Bloomberg, a billionaire and a registered independent, expects to spend from $10 million to $15 million of his money in highly competitive state, local and Congressional races. The money would be used to pay for a flurry of advertising on behalf of Republican, Democratic and independent candidates who support three of his biggest policy initiatives: legalizing same-sex marriage, enacting tougher gun laws and overhauling schools.

Among those whom Mr. Bloomberg will support are former Gov. Angus King, an independent running for the United States Senate in Maine; State Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod, who is challenging a fellow Democrat, Representative Joe Baca of California, who the mayor believes has been weak on gun-control; and Representative Bob Dold, a Republican from Illinois who has backed gun-control measures. (…)

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New York Wheel – tallest Ferris Wheel in the World!

Bloomberg announced today – a giant Ferris Wheel is coming to Staten Island!

625 feet tall – on Staten Island.

On the project:

Mayor Bloomberg today will unveil plans to transform Staten Island’s waterfront by building the world’s largest Ferris wheel along with a new retail complex and hotel on sites adjacent to Richmond County Bank Ballpark in St. George. The New York Wheel will be built just to the north of the ballpark and be 625 feet tall – 84 feet higher than the Singapore Flyer, currently the tallest Ferris wheel in the world. It will also be taller than the planned ‘High Roller’ wheel for the Las Vegas Strip, which is set to rise to 550 feet.

(..) The Mayor also announced plans by BFC Partners to construct Harbor Commons, a 350,000-square-foot retail complex featuring 100 designer outlet stores and a 120,000-square-foot hotel on the site to the south of the ballpark. Together the projects will generate a $480 million private investment, and create over 1,200 construction jobs and 1,100 permanent jobs.

On the Bookshelves.

We’ve done a little batch of summer updates on the current political and economic books during the last couple of weeks – and here’s the message:

2012 – a bleak picture.

  • It’s the Middle Class, Stupid (Carville & Greenberg): We’ve failed. The Middle Class is broken.
  • Our Divided Political Heart (E. J. Dionne): Polarization, Extremism and drift from the founding principles and values.
  • Twilight of the Elites (MSNBC Chris Hayes): Meritocracy is lost.
  • End the Depression Now! (Paul Krugman): Unemployment ruins lives. We are actually in a Depression.
  • It’s Even Worse Than It Looks (Mann & Ornstein): Congress is defunct, politics is tribal, most of the blame lies with the GOP.
  • The Betrayal of the American Dream (Barlett & Steele): Social mobility is gone, the Dream is an Illusion, the Middle Class is systematically ravaged.

So now we’re reading this:

It’s been fixed before.

For some inspiration.